Buddhism Through Epistemology
10. Epistemology (viii) – The Five Aggregates(ii) – Satisfying Buddha’s Soteriological Goal!
Having discussed the Five Aggregates in the last post, we explore why they are so immensely important in Buddhism by examining how a well-known Bodhisattva,…
9. Epistemology (vii) The Five Aggregates (i) – How the Universe is Observer Dependent
This post discusses Buddha’s doctrine of the Five Aggregates. The significance of the Five Aggregates Doctrine cannot be overstated. In the Five Aggregates Doctrine, the…
8. Epistemology (vi) The Wordless Flower Sermon
The Flower Sermon (Chinese: 拈花微笑) was unique because Buddha did not speak until he was certain the audience could understand his message without him talking….
7. Epistemology (v) Direct Perception – The Path To Enlightenment
After discussing inference, the Buddha’s first means of knowledge in an earlier post, this post explores direct perception, the Buddha’s second means of knowledge, and…
6. Epistemology (iv) The Kalama Sutta
Having discussed the inferentially connected nature of word-based knowledge in the previous post, we discussed the Kālāma Sutta in this post. The Kālāma Sutta is…
5.Epistemology (iii) – Inference-How Do We Know What We Know?
As this Wikipedia article states, “Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called the theory of knowledge, it…
4. Epistemology (ii) – A Mind-Body Problem?
The discussion on epistemology begins with the so-called Mind-Body Problem. The Mind-Body Problem is a Problem that “has been a central issue in philosophy of mind since…
3. Epistemology (i) Buddha and the Monkey King
Among the heroes of Chinese mythology, the Monkey King holds a prominent position. Monkey King originated from the novel Journey to the West, in which…
2. The Buddha of Our Kalpa: Shakyamuni Buddha
Any discussion of Buddhism must start with its founder, our historical Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha (Chinese: 釋迦牟尼佛), also known as Siddhartha Gautama. According to the results…
1. Overview: What Exists? Nothing but Mentality
If you look out the window, see a beautiful world, and deem it real, you should know that Buddha will tell you that you suffer…
